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Table of contents

Before you begin

 

Using this manual ...................................................

5

Checking supplied accessories .............................

7

Getting started

 

Charging and installing the battery pack ............

8

Inserting a cassette ................................................

12

Basic operations

 

Camera recording .................................................

13

Using the zoom feature .....................................

16

Hints for better shooting .....................................

18

Checking the recorded picture ...........................

20

Connections for playback ....................................

21

Playing back a tape ...............................................

23

Advanced operations

 

Using alternative power sources ........................

28

Using the mains .................................................

29

Changing the mode settings ...............................

31

— for camera recording —

 

Recording with the date or time .........................

35

Fade-in and fade-out ............................................

36

Overlapping two pictures ...................................

38

Wiping away a still picture .................................

40

Enjoying picture effect .........................................

42

Recording a still picture .......................................

44

Recording still pictures successively .................

46

Superimposing a moving picture on a still

 

picture ..................................................................

47

Re-recording a picture in the middle of a

 

recorded tape ......................................................

49

Using the wide mode function ...........................

50

Selecting the START/STOP mode .....................

53

Superimposing a title ...........................................

54

Making your own original titles .........................

56

Checking the tape condition before recording

 

(ORC) ...................................................................

58

Releasing the STEADY SHOT function .............

59

— for manual adjustment —

 

 

Selecting automatic/manual adjustment

 

modes ..................................................................

60

Focusing manually ...............................................

62

Using the PROGRAM AE function ....................

64

About the PROGRAM AE function ................

64

Using the aperture priority mode ...................

65

Using the shutter priority mode ......................

66

Using the twilight mode ...................................

68

Using manual mode .............................................

69

Using slow shutter ................................................

72

Tips for manual adjustment ................................

73

Shooting with backlighting .................................

75

Adjusting the brightness of the picture

.............

76

Adjusting the white balance ...............................

77

— for playing back/editing —

 

 

Searching the boundaries of recorded date ......

81

Returning to a pre-registered position ..............

83

Locating the marking position ............................

84

Writing the RC Time code on a recorded

 

tape .......................................................................

89

Editing onto another tape ....................................

91

Recording from a VCR or TV ..............................

93

Additional information

 

 

Changing the lithium battery in the

 

 

camcorder ...........................................................

95

Resetting the date and time .................................

97

Usable cassettes and playback modes ...............

98

Tips for using the battery pack .........................

100

Maintenance information and precautions .....

106

Using your camcorder abroad ..........................

110

Trouble check ......................................................

111

Specifications .......................................................

119

Identifying the parts ...........................................

121

Warning indicators .............................................

131

Index ........................................................

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